Montana

• Report: Importing Constituents: Prisoners and Political Clout in Montana by Peter Wagner, December 14, 2004
• Press release: Census Bureau policy costs Montana's cities population, legislative clout

Previously published materials from the project that discuss Montana:

• Too big to ignore: How counting people in prisons distorted Census 2000, April 2004 report
• Prison expansion made 56 counties with declining populations appear to be growing in Census 2000 Fact of the Week, April 26, 2004

Coverage

• Counting criminals, by Brad Tyer, Missoula Independent (MT), December 23, 2004
• More clout (editorial) Great Falls Tribune (Montana), January 1, 2005

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Speaking engagements

• March 16, 2010: We'll be doing a briefing about prison-based gerrymandering in New York by conference call at 11am EST. Join us. More info.
• March 24, 2010: We'll be doing a National briefing about prison-based gerrymandering by conference call at 11am EST. Join us. More info.
• March 25-28, 2010: Peter Wagner will be attending the National Redistricting Seminar in Austin, Texas organized by the National Conference of State Legislatures
• April 1, 2010: Peter Wagner will be speaking about the U.S. Census, mass-incarceration and prison-based gerrymandering at Smith College, Seeyle 206 in Northampton Mass at 6:30pm.

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